Melanoma and Soft Tissue Oncology Program

The Melanoma and Soft Tissue Oncology Program at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey provides comprehensive care to patients with melanoma and sarcoma and involves a dedicated team of specialists including surgical oncologists, radiation oncologists, medical oncologists, radiologists, pathologists, nurses and social workers. Each patient's case is discussed and reviewed among the entire team and a treatment plan is formulated according to the patient's medical condition and estimated risk of recurrence.

State-of-the-art evaluation, including sentinel lymph node biopsies by New Jersey's leading melanoma surgeons, assures an accurate staging and initial evaluation. In keeping with the mission of CINJ to improve upon currently available therapies, experimental adjuvant therapies are offered to patients at the highest risk of recurrence. Clinical trials offer a wide array of approaches toward fighting cancer - including standard chemotherapy, immunotherapy, biologic therapy and exciting new drugs under development - are available to help control disease and reduce the toxicity usually associated with treatment. In addition to some of the most promising new therapies, and in recognition that cancers affect not only the individual afflicted but his/her entire family, a social worker is assigned to each family as needed to help them cope with this serious and often frightening disease.

Useful Links:

International Myeloma Foundation
Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF)
National Cancer Institute Melanoma
Skin Cancer Foundation

Staff of this Program:
James S. Goydos, MD, Director and Surgical Oncologist
Jonathan Lee, MD, Surgical Oncologist
Janice Mehnert, MD, Medical Oncologist
Carmela Hoefling, RN, APN, Advanced Practice Nurse
Loleta Samuel-O'Garro, RN, APN, Advanced Practice Nurse
Linda Matthew, MSW, LSW, OSW-C , Social Worker